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BREAKING: 'Don't travel' over Christmas - Home Secretary - Sky News
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Priti Patel erupts at Sky News host's claim UK not safe after Brexit 'Not true at all!' - Daily Express
The Home Secretary told Sky News' Niall Paterson that Britain will always be a safe country. She added that Britain's security tools are world-class and intelligence operations will not be affected by a no deal Brexit.
Mr Paterson said: "As things stand we do not have the new security deal yet, do we?
"So Lord Ricketts said in his assessment that we will all be less safe without it."
Ms Patel replied: "That is not true at all.
"Britain is a safe country, we will always be a safe country.
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"We have maintained that throughout the last four years through all the EU negotiations.
"When you look at our security and intelligence tools we are world-class.
"We are the best in the world."
The UK and EU remain in talks over a post-Brexit trade agreement.
The Prime Minister added that the United Kingdom will prosper regardless of whether a trade deal is secured with the European Union.
Mr Johnson replied: "There is every opportunity that our partners across the channel will see sense and do a deal.
"The UK has a natural right like every other country to want to be able to control its own laws and fishing grounds.
"But whatever happens, in the next few days I know this country will prosper mightily on the terms we agreed, whatever they may be."
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2020-12-17 07:39:00Z
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Welsh First Minister FURY as 'selfishness' could make NHS 'National Coronavirus Service' - Express
Mark Drakeford has described the situation with coronavirus in Wales as “extremely serious”. Wales and Scotland have introduced tougher measures for the Christmas period compared to England after Boris Johnson was urged to revise plans by two leading medical journals.
Government guidance for England from December 23 to 27 enables families in three households to form a Christmas bubble.
There is no limit on the number of people who can join a bubble, although guidance says it should be "as small as possible".
But in Wales only two households will be able to mix for the period, with another lockdown commencing on December 28.
Mr Drakeford, appearing on BBC Newsnight, said he doesn’t think coronavirus is “out of control” in Wales.
But he said “it continues to be very difficult”.
He said: “We have to take further measures to make sure that the growth we are seeing at the moment is reversed, so that our health services in Wales does not go from being a National Health Service to a National Coronavirus Service just at the point in the year where we need the health service to be there for all the other things that it is needed to do, particularly over the winter.
“I think we’re learning a lot about the way the coronavirus responds during the autumn and the winter months.
“I’m afraid that we still see levels of household mixing in Wales that are encouraging the growth of the virus and we’re learning, I think, that while the vast majority of people absolutely want to do the right thing, work very hard to try to follow the rules, it only needs a relatively small number of people to be engaged in small acts of selfishness for the virus to be able to thrive in those conditions.”
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If someone in a bubble develops coronavirus symptoms, it means everyone must immediately isolate - if they met between two days before and 10 days after their symptoms started.
If the person returns a positive test all members must self-isolate for 14 days from first contact.
The UK Government's Christmas 'travel tsar' Sir Peter Hendy suggested people should "stay local" during the festive period and book public transport early.
Addressing the House of Commons Transport Select Committee, Sir Peter said: “One ought to say 'be careful'. One ought to say 'stay local' because that's the tone of the message from the Government, stay local if you can.
"But the most important part of the message is to book public transport early."
On potential travel restrictions, he made clear that it was up to the Government as to whether travel should be restricted.
He said: "As for travelling by car, unless the police block roads, there is no way of stopping it.”
Ms Sturgeon told Express.co.uk at her regular coronavirus briefing: “Generally my advice is stay local, stay in your own home and don’t travel if you can avoid it.
“If you have to travel on public transport then book ahead, recognise and understand that there will be limited capacity because all of the physical distancing will be in place.
“You should take all of that into account.”
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2020-12-17 06:23:00Z
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Rabu, 16 Desember 2020
Can common sense guide us out of the coronavirus pandemic? - BBC Newsnight - BBC News
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2020-12-17 00:30:57Z
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What are the coronavirus restrictions for Christmas this year? - The Independent
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2020-12-16 22:43:03Z
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Boris Johnson urges Brits to cut back on Christmas plans as experts say we should eat turkey dinner OUTSIDE - The Sun
BRITS were last night urged by boffins to cut back on Christmas plans — and celebrate outside if granny is joining.
The crackers advice could see families eating turkey dinners out in the cold of their gardens.
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Covid rules will still be lifted for five days so three households can bubble up.
Boris Johnson said he would not be scrapping the rules he announced last month allowing families to meet up.
But he suggested they now keep celebrations small and short.
The PM issued a warning as it emerged a snap of his Jack Russell Dilyn — draped in tinsel outside No10 — features on his Christmas card this year.
He said it is “a time of year that is of immense emotional and spiritual importance, but also a moment for us to exercise extreme caution”.
Mr Johnson insisted it would be “inhumane” to cancel Christmas — but urged people to use “personal responsibility” to protect elderly and vulnerable loved ones.
He added: “A smaller Christmas is going to be a safer Christmas and a shorter Christmas is a safer Christmas.
“So, have yourselves a merry little Christmas and I’m afraid this year, I do mean little.”
Mr Johnson later privately told Tory MPs the public should “make their own minds up” about how far to follow the tougher new guidance or original legal rules.
Dr Gavin Morgan, of the Sage advisory group for emergencies, told Times Radio that the Government “has made it harder really, by their confused, muddled messaging”.
He added: “We also know that if messaging is confused and unclear, then it lacks credibility. And people then just don’t obey and just don’t follow and end up doing what they want.”
Under five days of relaxed rules, between December 23 and December 27, people will only be able to meet with a “bubble” inside a private home or in an open public space.
The tier rules will still apply to pubs and restaurants — but even if they are still open in your area you cannot mix with your bubble there.
When the Christmas period is over, all areas will return to whatever tier they were in previously — with 99 per cent of England outlawed from mixing indoors with other households.
The PM issued new guidance amid mounting pressure from the devolved administrations.
'FOUR NATIONS' CHAOS
Last month Mr Johnson set out a “four nations” approach to the Christmas rules that meant people could travel across the country and meet up with two other households indoors.
But yesterday, on another extraordinary day of chaos, each of the four nations published different guidance on how people should behave over Christmas.
The Welsh Government performed a baffling U-turn by announcing it was even changing the law to make it illegal for more than two households to meet up over the five-day period. Earlier in the day it had agreed to keep the law the same as the rest of the UK.
First Minister Mark Drakeford also stunned the Welsh by announcing yet another lockdown that will start on December 28 and last at least three weeks.
Different rules apply north of the border, with Scots told they should meet up in their three-household bubble for just one day over the five-day window.
But by law they are allowed to meet up for up to five days as long as the total number of people in the Christmas bubble is no higher than eight.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon added further uncertainty by warning she may change the rules yet again.
People in Northern Ireland are still waiting to hear what guidance they should follow, with medics and political leaders holding further talks today.
Currently, people are allowed an extra day either side of the five-day window if they are travelling to or from the province.
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey told The Sun: “This is a shambles by the Government — the four nations approach has completely broken down making the rules across the UK more complicated.
“Boris Johnson is advising families not to get together at Christmas because it isn’t safe, but refuses to give clear guidelines in England.”
He added: “Within minutes of the Prime Minister reassuring the public that there would be no change in the laws surrounding Christmas gatherings across the UK, the Welsh First Minister confirms the law will now change in Wales.”
The UK, Scottish and Welsh governments issued a joint statement insisting this “cannot be a normal Christmas” due to the coronavirus crisis.
They called on people to think carefully about forming bubbles.
Top medic Professor Chris Whitty earlier begged people not to travel too widely next week — especially from virus hotspots.
'NOT A NORMAL CHRISTMAS'
The PM told a hastily organised Downing Street press conference: “The overall situation is, alas, worse and more challenging than we’d hoped when we first set the rules.
“So while it would not be right, we think, to criminalise people who have made plans and simply want to spend time with their loved ones, we are asking you to think hard, and in detail about the days ahead, and whether you can do more to protect yourself and others while keeping the laws the same.
“When we say three households can meet in five days, I want to stress that these are maximums not targets to aim for.
“If possible don’t travel from a high prevalence to a low prevalence area and avoid staying away from home overnight.
“And if you have an elderly relative, you might want to delay seeing them until they’ve been vaccinated.
“And whatever your plans for Christmas, please think carefully about avoiding crowds in the Boxing Day sales, and no one should be gathering in large groups to see in the New Year.”
Ministers had earlier suggested people should view Easter as Christmas this time around — with weeks or months more of restrictions likely.
More than 65,000 people have now died with Covid in the UK.
Latest figures show that nearly two million have suffered with the virus. A further 612 deaths were recorded yesterday.
Another 25,161 were diagnosed with the virus — compared to 18,450 the previous day.
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2020-12-16 22:30:00Z
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EU 'fearing NEW rival trade bloc with Britain, US and Australia' - Express
The UK and Singapore have signed a free trade agreement, delivering positive news for Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as the country remains locked in negotiations with the EU. International Trade Secretary Liz Truss signed the agreement with her Singapore counterpart Chan Chun Sing in the city-state last week. The new deal covers more than £17billon of trade in goods and services and largely replicates the existing EU-Singapore FTA.
Under the current arrangement, 84 percent of tariffs that apply to Singapore exports to the UK are exempted, with the balance set to be struck off by November 2024.
Ms Truss said the agreement was “part of a much wider strategic investment for the UK, taking us a step closer to joining Singapore” in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a regional trade deal.
She added: "Joining the CPTPP would boost the UK's “economic security, diversify supply chains and strengthen the global consensus for rules based free trade."
The CPTPP is a high-quality free trade agreement which binds together Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, Mexico, Malaysia, Peru, Chile and Brunei.
It covers nearly 14 percent of the global economy and it was the centrepiece of President Barack Obama’s strategic pivot to Asia.
US participation was immediately scrapped by President Donald Trump on his third day in office but with Democrat Joe Biden soon replacing him at the White House, things might change.
In an interview with Express.co.uk, Alan Winters, director of the Trade Policy Observatory at the University of Sussex, claimed the EU is concerned about the possibility of the US and Britain joining together.
He said: "They definitely worry about it.
"The EU has agreements with quite a lot of countries in the CPTPP, but not all of them.
"It would make it much more difficult for the EU to conclude agreements with countries like Australia for instance, if Britain and the US were to join."
Professor Winters added: "But the thing they are worried about is that there are a few places where CPTPP has rules that members accept.
"Digital trade is one of those areas.
"For the last decade, perhaps more, the EU has become a regulatory magnet.
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"Let's hope they get excited by that prospect
"It would be a real enhancement for the UK and for all the other members of the partnership."
When asked whether Britain's entry might make it easier for a future US administration to come back to the partnership, Mr Abetz said: "That is a possibility.
"They seem to have issues with major trade agreements, they want to maintain their flexibility and independence.
"But the more we can engage the UK in world affairs, as a separate entity, the better it will be for everyone."
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2020-12-16 21:27:00Z
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